1967–68 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1967–68 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 3rd edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title and qualified to the 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[1]

Liga Nacional
Season1967–68
ChampionsOlimpia (2nd)
RelegatedClub Deportivo San Pedro
CONCACAF Champions' CupOlimpia
Matches played91
Goals scored257 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerGarden (13)

1967–68 teams

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Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia[a] 18 10 7 1 29 11 +18 27 Qualified to the 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2 Marathón 18 9 4 5 21 22 −1 22
3 Honduras 18 8 4 6 31 23 +8 20
4 Vida 18 8 3 7 31 28 +3 19
5 Platense 18 6 7 5 21 20 +1 19
6 Motagua 18 6 5 7 22 21 +1 17
7 España 18 5 6 7 32 32 0 16
8 Atlético Indio 18 5 6 7 21 28 −7 16
9 Atlético Español 18 3 6 9 22 30 −8 12 To Relegation playoff[b]
10 Club San Pedro 18 3 6 9 22 37 −15 12
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Olimpia champions as regular season winner.
  2. ^ Relegation playoff: Atlético Español 3–2 San Pedro. San Pedro relegated to 1968–69 Honduran Segunda División

Top scorer

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  •   Junia Garden (Vida) with 13 goals

Squads

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Atlético Español
  Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz   Héctor Salvador "Chava" Reyes
Atlético Indio
  Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir   Gustavo Venegas   Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara
España
  Mariano Aguiluz   Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara   Vidal Canales
  Miguel Rojas   Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz   René "Pelón" Orellana
  Pedro Roberto Rivas   Carlos Francisco "Chico Chico" Handal   Raúl "Ratabú" Peri
  Isidro Ávila Colón
Honduras
  Pedro Deras   David McCalla   Jacobo Sarmiento
  Reynaldo Castro Gil   Óscar Marino Piedrahíta   Jorge Alberto Suazo Marín
  Marcos Peña   Óscar Bustamante   Domingo "Mingo" Ramos
Marathón
  Alexander "Nina" Guillén   Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez   Julio César "Cucaracha" Fonseca
  Gil "Fátima" Valerio   Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez   José Shubert
Motagua
  Roberto Abrussezze   Elio Banegas   Marcos Banegas
  Nelson Benavídez   Roberto Benegas   Geraldo Baptista
  Jorge "Coqui" Berríos   Carbajal   Amado Castillo
  Jesús Castillo   Pedro Colón   Salvador Dubois Leiva
  Francisco "Panchón" Guerra   Rubén Guifarro   Nelson Jeréz
  Roberto Jeréz   Julio Meza   Alfonso “Foncho” Navarro
  Fermín "Min" Navarro   Óscar Nolasco   Marcio Ramos
  Lenard Wells
Olimpia
  "Coco" Zaldivar   Donaldo "Coyoles" Rosales   Roberto Crisanto "Manga" Norales
  Raúl Suazo Lagos   René "Reno" Rodríguez   "Pipe" Barahona
  Will García   "Leque" Meza   Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros
  Conrado "Chorotega" Flores   Selvin Cárcamo   Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
  José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega   Domingo "Toncontín" Ferrera   Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez
  Walter Pearson   Carlos "Calistrín" Suazo Lagos   "Candado" Williams
  "Lunarejo" Ramírez   Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza   Juan Ventura "Gata" López
  Ángel "Mon" Paz   Reynaldo Mejía   Rafael Sauceda
  Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza
Platense
  Jimmy Steward   Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina   Martín Castillo
  Carlos "Care" Alvarado   Eduardo "Basuka" Flashing   Tomás Máximo
  Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez   Pablo "Chita" Arzú
Club Deportivo San Pedro
  Víctor Henderson   Héctor Castro   Astor Perdomo
  Leonardo "Guembo" Vásquez   Román Hernández   Carlos "Calín" Cobos
  Víctor Castro   Luis Alonso Metzgen   Ricardo Montalván
  Mario "Bulla" Tróchez   Israel "Gato" Juárez   Santiago Rodríguez
  Salvador Azcúnaga   Getulio Millares   Miguel "Pelo" Pavón
  Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar   Enrique "Quique" Grey Fúnez
Vida
  Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden   Selvin Cárcamo   Jesús "Pun" Fuentes
  José María "Chema" Salinas   Morris Garden   Alberto "Campeón" Amaya
  Cristóbal "Craka" Brooks

References

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